daydreamnightmares

[daydreamnightmares]

I love the concept of exile. like dude just get out

#prayers in another form

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He doesn't chase Tommy. No, he'll let him run, give him false hope, let him think he can escape in the slightest bit. It's more fun that way, to crush hope over and over.

"I warned you, Tommy," is all Somnius says.

There's the click of a crossbow loading. Before Tommy can reach the boundary between sand and soil, even begin to dream of hiding in the trees, Somnius shoots right for the neck.

It's a good thing he's a good shot, in the end, as he slowly makes his way over.

Somnius crouches down, easing Tommy's helmet off to run a hand through his hair. His voice is much too soft, much too comforting, to be anything but poorly hidden anger sprinkled with sweetener to hide the taste of arsenic, "It's okay, this isn't forever. Alright? You'll be fine in just a moment."

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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Somnius lets Tommy go on the first blow, hissing slightly from the impact, but nothing breaks, nothing gets through. Just a shock. "Tommy," he bites, warning. If he doesn't behave, then there's corrective measures. Tommy knows what expect, mostly, just not how much to expect, and Somnius isn't taking the time to be nice and diplomatic this time around. No, he has a goal, and he will get what he wants. And Tommy tries to slash at him again, the blade's edge just barely catching his skin through the crack, and he catches it with a gloved hand. There's a shovel in his other, anger on his face, and the ground isn't too hard to make a hole in. "Everything in. Now."

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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Somnius snorts, shaking his head.

He can't keep the grin off his face, that wide, wretched thing that doesn't quite meet his eyes. "Oh, don't worry, Tommy, that's... that's not something you'll have to worry about," he says. It's the truth, for once. It's the complete, utter truth.

It isn't. Tommy will be an admin, will be above, but he won't be a god.

But he won't be free. Somnius steps forward, catching Tommy's wrist in an almost bruising grip. Tommy won't be leaving anytime soon, no, he'll stay here until he's fixed.

"Wilbur, do take the boat away."

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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"I didn't lie, Tommy. It's not a lie if it's just the truth, if it's just what people say when they think no-one's listening. I mean... Wilbur doesn't care about you, does he?"

Somnius hums, standing.

There's a certain satisfaction in the way that Tommy begs Wilbur to look at him, to just stop worshipping his rightful god. It's almost perfect, if not for the fact Tommy is still himself, is still more a person than an admin.

"He knows who to worship. It's okay, he'll learn to worship you, too, with time."

Reaching out, Somnius places a hand on Tommy's shoulder, expression too gentle, too genuine, too soothing. He doesn't regard Wilbur, not yet, staring at Tommy's eyes for a few moments before finally turning to Wilbur.

"I'm your true god, aren't I, Wilbur?"

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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Somnius stays still, standing in front of Wilbur with that placid smile on his face (it's hard not to let it widen into a grin that won't meet his eyes).

He tuts when Tommy raises his fists, a shake of the head.

A laugh that sounds more like someone laughing at a dog's pathetic attempt at a trick than anything actually amused, "Really, Tommy? I thought I taught you not to threaten people."

Crouching in front of Wilbur, Somnius takes his wrists carefully, gently, humming.

He speaks in a whisper.

"You did well, Wilbur, so very well. Stay a little, then you can go back, I know it hurts to be so far, doesn't it? I'm sorry about that. When you do go back, though, you're not to speak a single word of this. Tommy is gone, to anyone who asks. Gone. Understood?"

He still keeps an eye on Tommy.

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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Somnius steps out, practised, easy, face placidly calm. A smile, small, gracing features where a mask should be, that easy display of trust Tommy held onto so much before he decided to leave their perfect place in the world.

And now, Tommy is back.

"It is home, Tommy."

The words are simple, obvious, spoken like the boy is stupid for even considering it isn't home in the first place.

For a moment, his focus flickers to the dead piece of a president, and he knows exactly what to do. He knows what will break Tommy enough to mould him again, to make the process so much easier for all of them.

Somnius cocks his head toward Wilbur, "kneel, ovis."

Let's go home, Tom.

-- Wilbur

alright??????? youd better fucking explain what the fuck youre on about on the way wil youre not making sense

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #my prophet

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Numquam putavi me videre arietem ambulare ad interfectorem gratis.

-- Luvulat

((I never thought I'd see a ram go to the killer of its own volition.))

Idem manere mortuos. Aries fidelis manet. Fortasse tibi quoque agnam devium ducere possit.

#knowledge is worship #another false god #[translation: the dead stay as the same. the ram remains loyal. maybe he can lead the wayward lamb astray for you too.]

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Debes eum reducere. Unum extremum abeuntibus donum, posuit eum quo pertinet.

Vere, mox eum deseras. Remittite eum ad litus merentis. - :)

(Really, you should just leave him. Send him back to the shore he deserves.)

Solus ambulat.

#a god's commandments #failed vassal #[translation: bring him back. one last parting gift put him where he belongs.]

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dic ergo lilli?

-- w.s.

Dignus est scire.

#knowledge is worship #failed vassal #[translation: he deserves to know.]

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Are you going to swing down your arm with knife that cuts down the rooster who trusts you so?

I'd kill him a thousand times over to see devotion turn to betrayal in his dying moments. I'd hold him as he bleeds over and over, and treat it like a bad, recurring dream.

#knowledge is worship #wayward sheep

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these hands of mine, they look nothing like my mother's. nothing like my father's. maybe they look like your hands when you aren't conjuring them into barbed wire or church mud.

-- ws

((excerpt from "fragments of prayers from saint joan to the archangel michael" by keaton saint james))

You'll have your place soon enough, Soot.

#knowledge is worship #failed vassal

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You're not the only lamb to the slaughter, Tommy. Not this time.

You should learn to hide, little lamb. The hunt begins.

um???? what the fuck?????? im not a lamb bitch im like a man who does murder. i murder anons who are SHIT. thats what you are alright youre a big log of shit

#a god's commandments #my prophet

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A pulchra paciscor certe. Ego vultus deinceps ad eam.

Capiantur agni.

I think I owe you a second chance. You've got sense.

-- Luvulat

Oh, really? Decided to grace me with your greatness?

#a god's commandments #another false god #[translation: a fair deal indeed. i look forward to it.] #[translation: let the lambs be taken.]

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Telum? Faber eris eius, pono. I can lend strength in return for catching one of my own, he's awfully evasive. I'm sure a fellow runner could always catch him, if you surpass my own expertise.

I think I owe you a second chance. You've got sense.

-- Luvulat

Oh, really? Decided to grace me with your greatness?

#a god's commandments #another false god #[translation: A weapon? You will be its smith I assume.]

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Our goals may be aligned but what is your offer, then? What do you want and what will you give?

I think I owe you a second chance. You've got sense.

-- Luvulat

Oh, really? Decided to grace me with your greatness?

#a god's commandments #another false god

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I think I owe you a second chance. You've got sense.

-- Luvulat

Oh, really? Decided to grace me with your greatness?

#knowledge is worship #another false god